skyffel
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German schüffel, schüffele, schuffele, schūfele, schūfle.
Noun
[edit]skyffel c
Usage notes
[edit]Usually considered a type of spade in Swedish.
Declension
[edit]Declension of skyffel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skyffel | skyffeln | skyfflar | skyfflarna |
Genitive | skyffels | skyffelns | skyfflars | skyfflarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]- sopskyffel (“dustpan”)
Related terms
[edit]- skyffla (“to shovel”)
See also
[edit]- skovel (“large broad curved shovel”)
References
[edit]- skyffel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skyffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skyffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)